جامعة رأس الخيمة للطب والعلوم الصحية
RAK Medical & Health Sciences University · Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
RAKMHSU research, ready for patients.
Twenty-one startups from RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, each built on research published by RAKMHSU faculty and students, turning advances in drug delivery, nanomedicine, diagnostics, microbiology, biomaterials, dental care and digital health into products for patients and healthcare providers.
Portfolio
Meet the startups
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Flexipill Analgesic
Flexipill Analgesic is a 3D printed modular polypill that combines paracetamol, ibuprofen and caffeine units, each with its own release profile, personalised after printing.
Visit website →flexipill-analgesic.innovaterakmhsu.comFlexipill Hypertension
Flexipill Hypertension prints three antihypertensive units with distinct release profiles and assembles them into one personalised pill.
Visit website →flexipill-hypertension.innovaterakmhsu.comLidoNano
LidoNano is an alginate-based nanoemulsion that carries lidocaine through the skin with release sustained over 48 hours.
Visit website →lidonano.innovaterakmhsu.comFuroNano
FuroNano is a solid self-nanoemulsifying system for furosemide that gave a more gradual, predictable diuretic response in mice.
Visit website →furonano.innovaterakmhsu.comPimoTarget
PimoTarget spray dries pimozide-loaded lipid nanoparticles into a powder that outperformed free pimozide against lung cancer cells in vitro.
Visit website →pimotarget.innovaterakmhsu.comBioSilver RAK
BioSilver RAK makes silver nanoparticles with Streptomyces bacteria isolated from local soil, an eco-friendly route to antimicrobial nanomaterials.
Visit website →biosilver.innovaterakmhsu.comDrug Interaction Check
Drug Interaction Check is pharmacist decision support that cross-checks validated databases and AI chatbots for cardio-diabetic drug interactions.
Visit website →drugcheck.innovaterakmhsu.comColonNano
ColonNano is developing cross-linked mastic gum nanoparticles that deliver 5-fluorouracil to the colon for colorectal cancer.
Visit website →colonnano.innovaterakmhsu.comHydroPrint Tissue
HydroPrint Tissue develops sustainable, 3D printable hydrogel formulations for tissue engineering research.
Visit website →hydroprint.innovaterakmhsu.comOncoSensor
OncoSensor applies the 4M framework of Material, Mechanism, Modeling and Measurement to design point-of-care biosensors for cancer.
Visit website →oncosensor.innovaterakmhsu.comGreenOxide
GreenOxide develops bacterially made copper, zinc and tungsten oxide nanoparticles that act in synergy against resistant microbes.
Visit website →greenoxide.innovaterakmhsu.comGelRelease
GelRelease is developing a pH-triggered nanoemulsion eye drop that gels on the eye for sustained timolol release in glaucoma.
Visit website →gelrelease.innovaterakmhsu.comMicroNeedle
MicroNeedle is building painless dissolving microneedle patches from natural polysaccharides and proteins for drugs, vaccines and theranostics.
Visit website →microneedle.innovaterakmhsu.comBone4D
Bone4D is developing 4D printed bone implants designed to adapt over time to the defects they repair.
Visit website →bone4d.innovaterakmhsu.comDentResin
DentResin is developing a PMMA dental acrylic reinforced with low doses of SiO2, CeO2 and TiO2 nanoparticles for better hardness and heat stability.
Visit website →dentresin.innovaterakmhsu.comAnastroNano
AnastroNano is designing iron-doped boron nitride nanocarriers for the breast cancer drug anastrozole using density functional theory.
Visit website →anastronano.innovaterakmhsu.comCultureClove
CultureClove is developing a clove-extract selective agar that grows Gram-negative bacteria while holding back Gram-positive pathogens.
Visit website →cultureclove.innovaterakmhsu.comBiofilmC
BiofilmC is developing a vitamin C based adjunct that blocks biofilm formation by drug-resistant wound bacteria and restores the reach of older antibiotics.
Visit website →biofilmc.innovaterakmhsu.comPSAGraphene
PSAGraphene is building a graphene-based biosensor for prostate-specific antigen, starting from its founders' 2025 review of the field.
Visit website →psagraphene.innovaterakmhsu.comDentalDepot
DentalDepot is developing an injectable lidocaine nanoemulsion gel that forms a depot in tissue for longer-lasting dental and operative anaesthesia.
Visit website →dentaldepot.innovaterakmhsu.comAntiStain Dental
AntiStain Dental is developing an alpha lipoic acid step that prevents the dark tooth staining caused by silver diamine fluoride caries treatment.
Visit website →antistain.innovaterakmhsu.comAbout RAKMHSU Innovators
From RAKMHSU laboratories to patient care
RAKMHSU Innovators showcases ventures that grow out of research at RAK Medical & Health Sciences University, across medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing.
Research-based
Every startup is grounded in a peer-reviewed paper, so each product starts from evidence, not guesswork.
Interdisciplinary
Teams combine medicine, pharmacy, dentistry and nursing to solve real problems in patient care.
Impact-driven
Ventures target personalised medicines, earlier diagnosis, infection control and better oral health.
Colleges
RAKMHSU colleges behind the teams
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